Crown Prince’s Ex-Boyfriend

Crown Prince’s ex-boyfriend.

Episode 6

Well, that’s the male lead. 

If you’re not jealous of such small things, you can’t be the male lead. Hm, hm. Of course. 

I tried hard to hold back my happy smile and shouted. 

“Sir! I’ll leave early.” 

It’s good to watch the two fight for love right next to each other, but first of all, I have to run away and survive. 

That jealousy, which is only cute now, will kill me in the future.

* * * 

As soon as I left early and came home, the place I headed to was the marquis’ garden. 

Filled with forget-me-not flowers, considered the symbol of the Heather family, this place is the perfect place to organize your thoughts.

“There are so many mountains to climb. ……There’s no sign of a solution.” 

First of all, the most serious thing right now is the prince’s jealousy. 

That is the ultimate reason why I’m going to die…

In order to eliminate the jealousy of the crown prince who acted like before just by talking to Vinh, I should not get along with Vinh at all. 

But that’s not easy either. 

While at the academy, I have no choice but to stick with Vinh. It’s the same at home. 

Why? Because we are promised to get married! 

As long as we’re promised to marry, no matter how hard I try to avoid it, I will eventually have no choice but to face Vinh.

“Oh, can’t we break up the engagement?” 

I drew a simulation in my head. 

“Mother! Father! I want to break up my engagement with Vinh.”

“What? Why?”

“Because I don’t like Vinh anymore.” 

“Okay… Let’s calm down and talk to Dr. Saint.”

Um… As expected, I can’t do it that way. 

No way! I can’t break up the engagement, and I can’t let Cith participate in the art contest! 

What could it be? 

“Should I just run away and hide somewhere in the mountains?” 

As I can’t see a way, this seems to be the most likely measure to live at the moment. 

Shall I save money to run away from all this? It was when I thought so. 

A familiar voice was heard. 

“I’m going to participate in the Founding Day Arts Competition.”

A soft voice that had not yet met its puberty, it belonged to Cith.

What’s up with him to have been stuck in his room all day? 

More than that, what did he just say? 

He’s participating in the Founding Day Arts Competition? He said no when I told him to join.

The sound of stepping on the grass was not just one person. 

There was one more, with a softer voice. 

I quickly hid behind a large tree and perked up my ears. 

“If I win the prize money, there’s somewhere I want to use it for.” 

“Where are you going to use it?” 

Another person’s face, seen through the branches, strangely ripened. 

She was a maid who served by Cith’s side.

Cith’s expression facing her looked more comfortable than ever before.

I couldn’t see the hostility I’ve always seen. 

“I want to use it to cure your mother’s illness. You said you couldn’t pay the treatment because it was ridiculously expensive.” 

“What? Why would you spend that much money on me? You said it’s 3 million gold. I could buy a house with that money.” 

3 million gold! 

I think the amount that Vinh and the Crown Prince collected as travel funds in the novel was exactly that much.

Wouldn’t that be enough for me to run away? 

I’m interested in running away because things are not going well…

Should I participate in the contest too? I write quite a lot because I resemble my sister. 

“When I was hurt by my family, Anna, you took care of me. I also want to take care of you.” 

“Oh, young master…!” 

The maid cried as if she was moved, and fell into Cith’s arms. 

After a long time, the maid lifted her face and opened her mouth. 

“Young master. I know I shouldn’t have this kind of feeling, but I like you, young master. The benevolent heart of the young master and the mature side of you for your age have taken my heart away.” 

“Anna. I’m sorry. I can’t like you. I…” 

Oh, I think I know what will follow. Cith Heather is the sub male lead of “The Crown Prince’s Lover”, which means…

It means he’s gay. 

“I like men.” 

But as far as I know, it’s not yet the time for Cith to say that. 

Cith realizes his sexual orientation when he turned 21 after falling in love with Vinh. 

Something is wrong. 

Was there a setting that Cith was confessed to by a maid? 

I don’t know, but it could be an omitted setting.

However, the age of him realizing his sexual orientation was certainly not omitted. 

The phrase from the moment Cith fell in love with Vinh still remains in my head. 

[Have you ever felt this nervousness before? No. I’m sure I have not.

It was the first time I felt something like this in my 21 years of life. Nevertheless, I am not embarrassed by this feeling. 

I am not that young to doubt it just because it was my first time. That’s why I was able to realize it right away. 

I fell in love with Vinh Ortega. This is why I wasn’t interested in other women. ]

What happened? Did I have an influence on Cith without even realizing it? 

I couldn’t even breathe out of confusion.

It was then. 

“Come on, my lady! You were here!”

My maid Wendy shouted in a loud voice. It was enough to ring the entire garden. 

Hey, I’m hiding right now. 

I’m doomed. 

“Irelyn?” 

Cith looked around and found me. 

His blue eyes, wandering without finding a location, soon found their goal thanks to the maid who walked right next to me. 

I walked out of the tree, smiling awkwardly. 

“Ha, Haha… Wendy. Call me a little quieter.”

“Ah… I’m sorry my lady! I didn’t even know what you were thinking and I was rude to you. Please forgive me!” 

“It’s okay. Can you tell me why you’re looking for me?”

Cith’s gaze at me with contempt felt so stinging that I quickly urged Wendy’s words. 

She said with a face full of excitement as if she had died and come back to life.

“Young duke Ortega is here! He wants to see you.”

“What? VINH? Me? Why?” 

Unless it was between families, Vinh never came to Marquis Heather’s estate first. 

But if he’s looking for me, it means that it’s not a family-to-family affair. 

What happened to the guy who was busy avoiding Irelyn who’s like a disgusting bug to him? 

This also seems to have never been seen in a novel. 

“Irelyn.” 

Cith, who looked much dreary than usual, walked to me. 

“You heard it.” 

It was a low and plain voice, but his eyes are full of intensity as if he were holding a sword.

It was a rather blatant attitude as if he had no intention of hiding it. 

[“Your Highness, please kill Irelyn.”]

The lines of Cith, which I read in the novel, seemed to stick to my mind. 

This is dangerous. I can die right now even before I turn 20 years old. 

I have no basis, but my instinct said so. 

“How much did you hear?”

“……all.”

I honestly answered. 

I knew that I could not deceive Cith with a clumsy lie that since I was caught anyway. 

Since he grew up being wary of his parents since he was young, where would he normally be? 

“……You heard all of that.”

Cith’s voice became weak and bowed his head. 

The hand holding on to his pants was shaking. 

……Is he afraid?

If so, what are you afraid of?

The fact that your secret was caught by the person you hated? Or do you think I’ll talk about it? 

Either way, I should get rid of what he’s worried about. 

That way, I can calm down my life. 

“I just want you to know this. I’m not thinking of telling anyone what I heard earlier.”

“Leave us alone first.” Cith blinked at Wendy and said. Then I said to my maid standing behind me.

“Anna. I’ll come back to you later.” 

“Yes, young master.” 

“I’ll tell the little duke to wait for a while!” 

We sat on the bench as we watch Wendy who was running away.

There was a lot of tension.

It was Cith that opened his mouth first. 

“Why aren’t you saying anything?” 

“What did you want me to say?” 

“No. I thought you were going to make fun of me.”

“I don’t do things like that.” 

“You’re just saying that in front of me and then you’re gonna  tell our parents everything.” 

The light in his blue eyes has become even darker.

There was something that could be known from that. 

The thing he fears the most is that his parents will find out.

“I won’t tell them. What’s fun about it? It’s only natural that people like people. Even if it’s between men, they’re the same person. Don’t you think so?” 

I watched right next to my sister how much pain she was in when our father caught her novel. 

Nevertheless, I couldn’t even say a word of comfort to my sister.

Just because I’m embarrassed. 

Even if we always fought and quarreled, we would have held hands at that time. Even if I regretted it, it was after my sister went missing. 

Since then, there is a saying that I always carry in my heart to help her if I ever see my sister again.

“I know you’re not wrong. If our parents say you’re wrong, they’re the ones who are wrong.”

It’s nothing, but my sister must have wanted to hear this so much.

She must have wanted to make sure that there was someone who supported her. She must have wanted to feel relief. 

Han-yi, who couldn’t do anything, was finally able to feel relieved a little through Cith. 

“…If you think so, make sure to keep your word.” 

Cith stood up from the bench and turned away from me, leaving that one word. 

The face of the man I saw at first glance through the shade of the tree did not show the same hatred as before.

‘Is it… …comforting?’